The Latest: Putintseva loses set and temper at French Open

Before making it to the French Open semifinals, Mario Cecchinato had misplaced within the first spherical at every of the 4 Grand Slam tournaments he had entered.

In Paris final yr, he didn’t even play in the primary draw after dropping within the ultimate spherical of qualifying.

No surprise he was submerged by feelings after a ultimate backhand winner on his fourth match level in opposition to former champion Novak Djokovic.

”On the return, after I noticed (the ball) on the road, it was the very best second of my life,” he stated.

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7:59 p.m.

Novak Djokovic has hinted he may skip the grass-court season after his quarterfinal exit at the French Open.

Djokovic regarded unhappy and dejected throughout his post-match information convention, giving very temporary solutions to reporters.

”I don’t know if I’m going to play on grass,” he answered a journalist who requested when he would begin his season on the super-fast floor.

Djokovic didn’t elaborate when one other reporter requested him for extra particulars.

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7:29 p.m.

Novak Djokovic has misplaced within the French Open quarterfinals.

The 2016 champion was crushed 6-Three, 7-6 (Four), 1-6, 7-6 (11) by Italian participant Marco Cecchinato after a battle that lasted practically Three hours on Court Suzanne Lenglen and produced a number of scintillating rallies.

Djokovic saved three match factors within the fourth-set tiebreaker earlier than his 72nd-ranked rival transformed his fourth with a backhand return winner.

Cecchinato grew to become the lowest-ranked semifinalist at Roland Garros since No. 100 Andrei Medvedev superior to the final 4 again in 1999.

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6:10 p.m.

Novak Djokovic has gained the third set in opposition to Marco Cecchinato as he tries to stage a comeback in opposition to the 72nd-ranked Italian.

The former top-ranked participant has raised his degree and sealed the set 6-1 after dropping the primary two 6-Three, 7-6 (Four).

Djokovic had his neck massaged through the opening set and known as the coach once more after lowering his deficit, this time to obtain remedy on his proper leg.

Cecchinato obtained a penalty level instantly after Djokovic was handled, for ”unsportsmanlike conduct.” The Italian participant was seen in a dialog with a match official nevertheless it was not clear why he was penalized.

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5:35 p.m.

U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens is thru to the French Open semifinals for the primary time.

She clinched the victory on her first match level with a forehand winner from the baseline.

Stephens subsequent faces countrywoman Madison Keys in a rematch from the U.S. Open ultimate.

Earlier, the 13th-seeded Keys beat Yulia Putintseva 7-6 (5), 6-Four.

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Four:35 p.m.

Novak Djokovic had his neck massaged by a coach after dropping the primary set of his French Open quarterfinal in opposition to Marco Cecchinato 6-Three.

The former top-ranked participant had already obtained remedy at the 5-2 changeover.

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Four p.m.

Dominic Thiem has secured a 3rd consecutive French Open semifinal by claiming a straight-sets win in opposition to Alexander Zverev.

The second-seeded German was hampered by a thigh damage and misplaced their quarterfinal 6-Four, 6-2, 6-1 in lower than two hours.

Zverev entered having performed in three consecutive five-setters – he trailed 2-1 in units in every earlier than coming again – and the wear-and-tear confirmed.

Just 10 minutes in, he clutched at his left hamstring. He grabbed it once more halfway by way of the second set, after giving chase to one among a number of drop photographs that Thiem used to power Zverev to run lots.

After falling behind Four-1 in that set an hour into the match, Zverev known as for a coach, who utilized a thick bandage to the German’s higher left leg throughout a changeover.

Soon sufficient, Zverev was down two units to none, and this proved to be an excessive amount of of a deficit for him to beat. He trailed Four-Zero within the third set earlier than getting a recreation.

The seventh-seeded Thiem is the one participant to have defeated Rafael Nadal on clay this season.

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Three:35 p.m.

Madison Keys has superior to her first French Open semifinal by defeating Yulia Putintseva 7-6 (5), 6-Four.

Keys, the runner-up at the U.S. Open final yr, has improved lots on clay and is 11-Three on the floor this season.

This is the primary time the 13th-seeded American participant, a semifinalist at the Australian Open three years in the past, advances to a Grand Slam semifinal not on a tough court docket.

She has but to lose a set at Roland Garros this yr.

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Three:25 p.m.

Trailing 6-Four, Four-1 in opposition to Dominic Thiem on Court Philippe Chatrier, second-seeded Alexander Zverev known as a coach to obtain remedy on his left thigh at the changeover.

He returned to the court docket along with his leg bandaged and misplaced the subsequent recreation.

He misplaced the set 6-2 and left the court docket.

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Three:10 p.m.

Yulia Putintseva has misplaced the primary set of her French Open quarterfinal, and her temper, too.

The 98th-ranked Kazakh participant saved a set level however misplaced the first-set tiebreaker 7-6 (5) in opposition to Madison Keys, then began ranting at her field and struck the bottom together with her racket in frustration.

Putintseva is attempting to grow to be the primary participant from Kazakhstan to advance to a Grand Slam semifinal.

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2:15 p.m.

The French Open quarterfinals have began on an overcast day with rain within the forecast.

No. 13 Madison Keys is enjoying Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan at Court Suzanne Lenglen within the first ladies’s quarterfinal.

Second-seeded Alexander Zverev is dealing with No. 7 Dominic Thiem at Court Philippe Chatrier in a matchup between rising stars of males’s tennis.

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1:45 p.m.

The French Open quarterfinals are scheduled to get began with second-seeded Alexander Zverev dealing with No. 7 Dominic Thiem in a matchup between rising stars of males’s tennis searching for a primary Grand Slam title.

There already has been rain at Roland Garros on Tuesday, and there may be extra within the forecast, so it might be a stop-and-start afternoon.

A second match pits 12-time main champion Novak Djokovic in opposition to Marco Cecchinato of Italy, who was cleared of a match-fixing cost on a technicality in 2016. Cecchinato had by no means gained a match at a significant match till final week and, at No. 72, is the lowest-ranked French Open males’s quarterfinalist in a decade.

Two Americans are within the ladies’s quarterfinals: No. 10 Sloane Stephens and No. 13 Madison Keys, who performed one another within the U.S. Open ultimate final yr. Stephens meets No. 14 Daria Kasatkina of Russia, whereas Keys performs 98th-ranked Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan. One of the 4 will grow to be a first-time French Open finalist.